Does anyone out there know how to identify the two different types of baffle..i.e. I had an old 4×10 tweed bassman wherein the front baffle was only 1/4 inch thick and sprung so that it jumped back when you hit a loud power chord. All others I’ve seen have the normal thick baffle.

What can you tell me about a Bassman 135 with silverface, blue “BASSMAN 135″ lettering and black grill cloth? Looking for info. on desirability, year of likely manufacture, sound quality with standard matching cabinet (a single 18″, or possibly 15” speaker), and current value? Thanks! Steve

I have a 1955 2 rectifier covered in rough brown tolex with the dark brown or oxblood grill. It had 3 1959 speakers and one 1955 when I got it via Eugene’s sent to me in SC back around 1990 or so. The story the guy at Eugene’s told me over the phone was Fender offered a deal where you could get the amp recovered in the new stuff and re-speakered. If you believe this it makes sense that it would have the ’59s in there, and maybe one blew and an original speaker was put back in it. I saw a photo of one once, never saw another one like that and never was able to verify that story. Amp sounds great though.

A lot of owners in the 60’s had them recovered or painted them black, you see a few here and there, especially in the 90’s before everyone got wind that they were getting valuable so cleaned the paint off or re-tweeded them. Then ebay happened and that put an end to the bargains for all Fender amps.